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<h1>PoBoL is a provisional BioBrick ontology language</h1>


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		The PoBoL project aims to define an RDF-based data exchange standard for standard biological parts,
		<a href="http://syntheticbiology.org/BioBricks.html">BioBricks</a>.  The goals are to:
		<ul>
			<li>Capture the minimal information needed to describe a BioBrick.</li>
			<li>Allow the connection of additional data to BioBricks.</li>
			<li>Remain open for extension and interlinking.</li>
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		&ldquo;PoBoL&rdquo; stands for Provisional BioBrick Language. &ldquo;Pobol&rdquo; is also Welsh for &ldquo;people&rdquo;,
		which reflects our desire for a community-driven format.  Find out more at our:
    
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      <li><a href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/The_BioBricks_Foundation:Standards/Technical/PoBoL">OpenWetWare Wiki page</a></li>
      <li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/pobol">Google Group</a> for discussion</li>
      <li><a href="http://pobol.googlecode.com">Google Code project</a> for specifications and code</li>
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		Want to learn more about the format?  Check out some of the design diagrams to find out what data PoBoL documents should record,
		as well as the details and relationships of the RDF classes.  You can see the:
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			<li><a href="http://pobol.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/doc/diagrams/simple pobol diagram.png">Basic concepts behind PoBoL</a></li>
			<li><a href="http://pobol.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/doc/diagrams/pobol class diagram.png">Diagram of the full specification</a></li>
			<li><a href="./owldoc/index.html">OWLDoc reference for the ontology</a></li>
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			Want to participate?  You can do this by working on documentation of and examples for
		the 	PoBoL specification, or by enabled your software to speak PoBoL.
			Visit our <a href="http://code.google.com/p/pobol/">Google Code project page</a>,
			where you can download drafts of the format and participate in development.
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			Contact <a href="http://www.raiks.de/">Raik Gr&uuml;nberg</a> or <a href="http://jayunit.net">Jason Morrison</a>
			for more information, or drop by on the <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/pobol">mailing list</a>.
      We'd love to hear from you!
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